@article{1e1dfd255bfe44c5990252aee564b353,
title = "Reciprocity networks and the participation problem",
abstract = "Reciprocity can be a powerful motivation for human behaviour. Scholars have argued that it is relevant in the context of private provision of public goods. We examine whether reciprocity can resolve the associated coordination problem. The interaction of reciprocity with cost-sharing is critical. Neither cost-sharing nor reciprocity in isolation can solve the problem, but together they have that potential. We introduce new network notions of reciprocity relations to better understand this.",
keywords = "Coordination, Cost-sharing, Discrete public good, Participation, Reciprocity networks",
author = "Martin Dufwenberg and Amrish Patel",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Yann Bramoull{\'e}, Vince Crawford, David Gill, Alex Sebald, Bob Sugden, an associate editor, two anonymous referees and several seminar audiences for many useful comments. Phil Woods provided able research assistance. Patel acknowledges generous funding from the Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation Browaldh Research Fellowship ( I2012-0091-1 ) and project grant ( P2012-0097-1 ) and the hospitality of the Department of Economics, University of Oxford. Dufwenberg acknowledges the financial support of ERC grant 324219 (“Stratemotions”). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2017",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.geb.2015.08.006",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "101",
pages = "260--272",
journal = "Games and Economic Behavior",
issn = "0899-8256",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
}